《REDISCOVERING THE CONSTITUTION A READER FOR JEFFERSON MEETING DEBATES THE JEFFERSON FOUNDATION》

1. To Make and to Alter Their Constitutions of Government: Article V and Amendment by Convention1

2. The Plain Simple Business of Election: Presidential Election and the Republican Principle19

3. So Great a Power to Any Single Person: The Presidential Term and Executive Power57

4. The Root of Republican Government: Terms of Office in the Legislative Branch79

5. During Good Behavior: Judicial Independence and Accountability101

6. To Control the Abuses of Government: The Veto and the Separation of Powers117

7. To Collect the Wisest Sentiments: Representative Government and Direct Democracy135

8. The Mischiefs of Faction: Campaigns, Money, and the Public Good155

Appendix A: The Jefferson Meeting on the Constitution177

Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States of America197

Acknowledgments221